Re: [PATCH 2/2] gpio: ts4800: Fix module autoload

[Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello Linus,

On 10/21/2016 09:55 AM, Linus Walleij wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 10:44 PM, Javier Martinez Canillas
> <javier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> If the driver is built as a module, autoload won't work because the module
>> alias information is not filled. So user-space can't match the registered
>> device with the corresponding module.
>>
>> Export the module alias information using the MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE() macro.
>>
>> Before this patch:
>>
>> $ modinfo drivers/gpio/gpio-ts4800.ko | grep alias
>> $
>>
>> After this patch:
>>
>> $ modinfo drivers/gpio/gpio-ts4800.ko | grep alias
>> alias:          of:N*T*Ctechnologic,ts4800-gpioC*
>> alias:          of:N*T*Ctechnologic,ts4800-gpio
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Patch applied for fixes.
>

Thanks, I guess this also applies to Patch 1/2?
 
> Yours,
> Linus Walleij
> 

Best regards,
-- 
Javier Martinez Canillas
Open Source Group
Samsung Research America
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